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Sunham Kim

Associate Fellow
Korea Development Institute
sunhamkim (at) gmail.com
sunham.kim (at) kdi.re.kr


About Me

Welcome! I am an Associate Fellow at the Korea Development Institute (KDI). Before joining KDI, I earned my Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University.


Research Interests


Working Papers

  1. Human Capital Production in a Spatial Economy: A Quantitative Assessment of the Decentralized U.S. Education System
    previously, A Dynamic Model of Skill Formation and Worker Migration
  2. Investing in Health during Good and Bad Times: An Application to the China Shock
    with Chong Xiang and Soojin Kim (submitted)

    previously, Care for the China Syndrome: Trade Shock, Sick Workers, and Access to Healthcare
  3. Building Housing: The Allocative Efficiency of Creating New Cities Versus Expanding Existing Cities

    UCLA Ziman Center WP No. 2023-13
  4. School Closure and Educational Inequality: Parental Investment in the Pandemic
    Media Coverage (Korean): The Kyunghyang Shinmun

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